State PWD to complete road project by May 15
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09/05/2008
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Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
The stretch of the Indo-Bangla border road project executed by the State PWD would be completed by May 15, said State Assembly' Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Brindaban Goswami quoting the PWD authorities, here on Wednesday. The State PWD is executing the project in a stretch of 206 km. However, six kilometres of this stretch have been eroded by the Brahmaputra and the Gadadhar rivers. The PWD has so far completed execution of the project in a 191 km stretch, Goswami said while addressing the media persons here. Goswami and the other members of the PAC had visited the Indo-Bangla border area in the Karimganj sector between May 4 and 6. He also said that the State PWD had expressed the hope that it would be able to complete the fencing of the Indo-Bangla border by May 15 if weather continued to be favourable. So far, the Department has completed fencing in a 160 km stretch. The Department has been entrusted with the job of fencing a stretch of 177 km along the Indo-Bangla border. For the fencing project being implemented by the Department, an amount of Rs 300.50 crore has been earmarked. The Department has so far spent Rs 238.50 crore in executing the project. Though the Department was initially entrusted with the job of fencing a stretch of 183 km along the Indo-Bangla border, due to the land dispute between the two countries, the project could not be implemented in a stretch of 3 km, while another stretch of 3 km has been eroded away by the rivers, Goswami said.